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The Extremist Tim Haak

Recording the @letstalkgeek podcast tonight with @stew_za, @tim_haak, and @Johan_Els. Streaming live at http://ltg.letstalknetwork.tv/.

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For those who may have missed the news last week: DStv plans to launch an online VOD service before the end of 2011: http://j.mp/p8QkTw

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Yikes. RIM to cut 2000 jobs according to AP: http://j.mp/pvrwdS

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Go go gadget rumour control: Apple just mentioned a "future product transition" that will affect their September quarter.

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Quoth @azrienoch to @htc: "Bootloader. Unlock it."--http://youtu.be/MAC9kgcoD5E

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Stop the iPhone 5 rumour insanity, begs PCMag.com's Sascha Segan: http://j.mp/nSgOFw

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Rumour has it that Game of Thrones will be coming to M-Net and M-Net HD in November. Winter is coming this summer.

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"Reichelt" and "resigned" are now trending on Twitter in South Africa, says @TrendsSthAfrica. That was fast.

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Also having issues in @MTNSouthAfrica. Can't make or receive calls. No data throughput either it seems. /cc @watkykjy

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Google +1 button back on @mybroadband articles. Let's see if it goes anywhere now that Google+ is launched.

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Got my first bit of spam through Google Profile: 419-type scam from one "David Sullivan" in Lome, Togo. I'm inheriting $8.5m, apparently.

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Steam/EA tiff details start to surface (http://j.mp/nJCqRQ, via RPS), but the question "Why was Crysis 2 pulled?" is left unanswered.

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Interesting discussion on Reddit about spectrum allocation in the US and Verizon introducing data caps: http://j.mp/nUGmWV.

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"At the end of the day this deal isn’t about royalties. It is about trying to kill Android." --Cringely (http://j.mp/m5Ry5m)

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Cringely gives a participation breakdown on the Nortel patents deal: http://j.mp/m5Ry5m

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Google bid π (pi) billion for Nortel patents. Was Google trying to confuse, intimidate or act irreverent? --Reuters (http://j.mp/jZq90z)

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ARM chips to rival PS3, Xbox 360 in 18 months? (Ars: http://j.mp/mKkrj4)

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Developer API for Google+ on the way: http://j.mp/kQcC5r

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HTC Sensation reviewed by AnandTech. "...perhaps the strongest and most bold design language of any HTC phone to date." (http://j.mp/lEUS8i)

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iJobs telling developers that he hoped Apple could make cloud services easy for "mere mortals" to use... at WWDC '97: http://j.mp/ikJkC3